Gateshead and Beyond

Yesterday was my last day on Scilly for the year. The previous day's storms hadn't dropped any new birds, so had to make do with bet...

Wild weather today, with high winds and frequent heavy showers the waterproofs came out. Sadly, the birds didn't. A cracking male Black ...

Dead    Missed breakfast and got the 8 am boat to St. Agnes, trotted over the sandbar (now 10 feet above sea level) to Gugh and aga...

As we sat down for a well earned cuppa the pager beeped with news of a Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler on Gugh. Running like headless chick...

With no new birds arriving, today was just a general potter around St. Mary's. The Rose-coloured Starling from St. Agnes visited, givi...

Started the day at a deserted Shooters Pool. The Spotted Crake showed briefly while there were also 2 Jack Snipe, Grey Wagtail, Water Rail a...

I arrived at Old Town church at 07.10 to try for the Grey-cheeked Thrush. At 14.16 I got it. Seven hours and six minutes leaning against a g...